{"cve":"CVE-2007-5962","nvd":{"published":"2008-05-22T13:09:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:47:08.227","status":"Modified","description":"Memory leak in a certain Red Hat patch, applied to vsftpd 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora 6 through 8, and on Foresight Linux and rPath appliances, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of CWD commands, as demonstrated by an attack on a daemon with the deny_file configuration option.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-399"],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/30341","http://secunia.com/advisories/30354","http://securitytracker.com/id?1020079","http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0185","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/21/10"],"products":["foresight_linux:appliances","redhat:enterprise_linux","redhat:fedora","rpath:appliance_platform_agent"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2007-5962","score":0.12061,"percentile":0.96142,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}